瘧
also: わらわやみ
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Meanings
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ague; intermittent fever; malarial fever
Archaic medical term for a fever with recurring chills and sweating, often associated with malaria. In modern Japanese, マラリア or 間欠熱 are more common.
In the old days, people sometimes died from ague.
In this region, intermittent fever used to spread in the summer.
Expressions
- 瘧が落ちるwake from a fever-induced delirium